The base is home to 2,000 marines and has long been a sore point for Okinawans.

VOA: standard.2009.11.11

The Bush plan, which Russia strongly opposed, would have placed 10 interceptor missiles in Poland and a radar base in the Czech Republic to intercept long-range missiles from such states as Iran.

VOA: standard.2009.10.23

U.S.officials have long said they believe al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and his top commanders shifted their base of operation from Afghanistan to Pakistan's largely autonomous tribal regions after coalition forces invaded Afghanistan in 2001.

VOA: standard.2009.10.30